C/C++ Runtime 多线程函数

一 简单实例（来自codeprojct：http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/MultithreadingTutorial.asp）
主线程创建2个线程t1和t2，创建时2个线程就被挂起，后来调用ResumeThread恢复2个线程，是其开始执行，调用WaitForSingleObject等待2个线程执行完，然后推出主线程即结束进程。

 

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string>             // for STL string class
#include <windows.h>          // for HANDLE
#include <process.h>          // for _beginthread()

using namespace std;


class ThreadX
{
private:
  int loopStart;
  int loopEnd;
  int dispFrequency;

public:
  string threadName;

  ThreadX( int startValue, int endValue, int frequency )
  {
    loopStart = startValue;
    loopEnd = endValue;
    dispFrequency = frequency;
  }

  // In C++ you must employ a free (C) function or a static
  // class member function as the thread entry-point-function.
  // Furthermore, _beginthreadex() demands that the thread
  // entry function signature take a single (void*) and returned
  // an unsigned.
  static unsigned __stdcall ThreadStaticEntryPoint(void * pThis)
  {
      ThreadX * pthX = (ThreadX*)pThis;   // the tricky cast
      pthX->ThreadEntryPoint();           // now call the true entry-point-function

      // A thread terminates automatically if it completes execution,
      // or it can terminate itself with a call to _endthread().

      return 1;          // the thread exit code
  }

  void ThreadEntryPoint()
  {
     // This is the desired entry-point-function but to get
     // here we have to use a 2 step procedure involving
     // the ThreadStaticEntryPoint() function.

    for (int i = loopStart; i <= loopEnd; ++i)
    {
      if (i % dispFrequency == 0)
      {
          printf( "%s: i = %d\n", threadName.c_str(), i );
      }
    }
    printf( "%s thread terminating\n", threadName.c_str() );
  }
};


int main()
{
    // All processes get a primary thread automatically. This primary
    // thread can generate additional threads.  In this program the
    // primary thread creates 2 additional threads and all 3 threads
    // then run simultaneously without any synchronization.  No data
    // is shared between the threads.

    // We instantiate an object of the ThreadX class. Next we will
    // create a thread and specify that the thread is to begin executing
    // the function ThreadEntryPoint() on object o1. Once started,
    // this thread will execute until that function terminates or
    // until the overall process terminates.

    ThreadX * o1 = new ThreadX( 0, 1, 2000 );

    // When developing a multithreaded WIN32-based application with
    // Visual C++, you need to use the CRT thread functions to create
    // any threads that call CRT functions. Hence to create and terminate
    // threads, use _beginthreadex() and _endthreadex() instead of
    // the Win32 APIs CreateThread() and EndThread().

    // The multithread library LIBCMT.LIB includes the _beginthread()
    // and _endthread() functions. The _beginthread() function performs
    // initialization without which many C run-time functions will fail.
    // You must use _beginthread() instead of CreateThread() in C programs
    // built with LIBCMT.LIB if you intend to call C run-time functions.

    // Unlike the thread handle returned by _beginthread(), the thread handle
    // returned by _beginthreadex() can be used with the synchronization APIs.

    HANDLE   hth1;
    unsigned  uiThread1ID;

    hth1 = (HANDLE)_beginthreadex( NULL,         // security
                                   0,            // stack size
                                   ThreadX::ThreadStaticEntryPoint,
                                   o1,           // arg list
                                   CREATE_SUSPENDED,  // so we can later call ResumeThread()
                                   &uiThread1ID );

    if ( hth1 == 0 )
        printf("Failed to create thread 1\n");

    DWORD   dwExitCode;

    GetExitCodeThread( hth1, &dwExitCode );  // should be STILL_ACTIVE = 0x00000103 = 259
    printf( "initial thread 1 exit code = %u\n", dwExitCode );

    // The System::Threading::Thread object in C++/CLI has a "Name" property.
    // To create the equivalent functionality in C++ I added a public data member
    // named threadName.

    o1->threadName = "t1";

    ThreadX * o2 = new ThreadX( -1000000, 0, 2000 );

    HANDLE   hth2;
    unsigned  uiThread2ID;

    hth2 = (HANDLE)_beginthreadex( NULL,         // security
                                   0,            // stack size
                                   ThreadX::ThreadStaticEntryPoint,
                                   o2,           // arg list
                                   CREATE_SUSPENDED,  // so we can later call ResumeThread()
                                   &uiThread2ID );

    if ( hth2 == 0 )
        printf("Failed to create thread 2\n");

    GetExitCodeThread( hth2, &dwExitCode );  // should be STILL_ACTIVE = 0x00000103 = 259
    printf( "initial thread 2 exit code = %u\n", dwExitCode );

    o2->threadName = "t2";

    // If we hadn't specified CREATE_SUSPENDED in the call to _beginthreadex()
    // we wouldn't now need to call ResumeThread().

    ResumeThread( hth1 );   // serves the purpose of Jaeschke's t1->Start()

    ResumeThread( hth2 );

    // In C++/CLI the process continues until the last thread exits.
    // That is, the thread's have independent lifetimes. Hence
    // Jaeschke's original code was designed to show that the primary
    // thread could exit and not influence the other threads.

    // However in C++ the process terminates when the primary thread exits
    // and when the process terminates all its threads are then terminated.
    // Hence if you comment out the following waits, the non-primary
    // threads will never get a chance to run.

    WaitForSingleObject( hth1, INFINITE );
    WaitForSingleObject( hth2, INFINITE );

    GetExitCodeThread( hth1, &dwExitCode );
    printf( "thread 1 exited with code %u\n", dwExitCode );

    GetExitCodeThread( hth2, &dwExitCode );
    printf( "thread 2 exited with code %u\n", dwExitCode );

    // The handle returned by _beginthreadex() has to be closed
    // by the caller of _beginthreadex().

    CloseHandle( hth1 );
    CloseHandle( hth2 );

    delete o1;
    o1 = NULL;

    delete o2;
    o2 = NULL;

    printf("Primary thread terminating.\n");
}

二解释
1）如果你正在编写C/C++代码，决不应该调用CreateThread。相反，应该使用VisualC++运行期库函数_beginthreadex，推出也应该使用_endthreadex。如果不使用Microsoft的VisualC++编译器，你的编译器供应商有它自己的CreateThred替代函数。不管这个替代函数是什么，你都必须使用。

2）因为_beginthreadex和_endthreadex是CRT线程函数，所以必须注意编译选项runtimelibaray的选择，使用MT或MTD。

3) _beginthreadex函数的参数列表与CreateThread函数的参数列表是相同的，但是参数名和类型并不完全相同。这是因为Microsoft的C/C++运行期库的开发小组认为，C/C++运行期函数不应该对Windows数据类型有任何依赖。_beginthreadex函数也像CreateThread那样，返回新创建的线程的句柄。
下面是关于_beginthreadex的一些要点：
•每个线程均获得由C/C++运行期库的堆栈分配的自己的tiddata内存结构。（tiddata结构位于Mtdll.h文件中的VisualC++源代码中）。

•传递给_beginthreadex的线程函数的地址保存在tiddata内存块中。传递给该函数的参数也保存在该数据块中。

•_beginthreadex确实从内部调用CreateThread，因为这是操作系统了解如何创建新线程的唯一方法。

•当调用CreatetThread时，它被告知通过调用_threadstartex而不是pfnStartAddr来启动执行新线程。还有，传递给线程函数的参数是tiddata结构而不是pvParam的地址。

•如果一切顺利，就会像CreateThread那样返回线程句柄。如果任何操作失败了，便返回NULL。

4) _endthreadex的一些要点：
•C运行期库的_getptd函数内部调用操作系统的TlsGetValue函数，该函数负责检索调用线程的tiddata内存块的地址。

•然后该数据块被释放，而操作系统的ExitThread函数被调用，以便真正撤消该线程。当然，退出代码要正确地设置和传递。

5)虽然也提供了简化版的的_beginthread和_endthread，但是可控制性太差，所以一般不使用。

6）线程handle因为是内核对象，所以需要在最后closehandle。

7）更多的API：HANDLE GetCurrentProcess();HANDLE GetCurrentThread();DWORD GetCurrentProcessId();DWORD GetCurrentThreadId()。DWORD SetThreadIdealProcessor(HANDLE hThread,DWORD dwIdealProcessor);BOOL SetThreadPriority(HANDLE hThread,int nPriority);BOOL SetPriorityClass(GetCurrentProcess(),  IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS);BOOL GetThreadContext(HANDLE hThread,PCONTEXT pContext);BOOL SwitchToThread();

三注意
1）C++主线程的终止，同时也会终止所有主线程创建的子线程，不管子线程有没有执行完毕。所以上面的代码中如果不调用WaitForSingleObject，则2个子线程t1和t2可能并没有执行完毕或根本没有执行。
2）如果某线程挂起，然后有调用WaitForSingleObject等待该线程，就会导致死锁。所以上面的代码如果不调用resumethread，则会死锁。